English television directors

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 104. Chapters: Alfred Hitchcock, Ken Loach, Danny Boyle, Ricky Gervais, John Lloyd, David Morrissey, David Yates, Tom Hooper, Peter Kay, Christine Langan, Chris Terrill, Stephen Merchant, David Hemmings, Kristian Digby, Edgar Wright, Alex Winter, David Hugh Jones, Michael Apted, Peter Hall, Nick Moran, Gregory Doran, Nigel Lythgoe, Stephen Poliakoff, Ray Austin, Stephen Frears, Rachel Ward, Charles Saunders, Joe Wright, John Selwyn Gilbert, Katie Mitchell, Roland Joffé, Pete Travis, Shaun Sutton, Mike Newell, Basil Dearden, Sarah Lancashire, Don Taylor, Christopher Morahan, Lewis Allen, Michael Anderson, Peter Yates, Andy Hamilton, Roger Tucker, Alan Clarke, Roger Michell, Peter R. Hunt, Charles Sturridge, Paul Garner, John Badham, Spencer Campbell, Viv Albertine, Justin Chadwick, David Schneider, Julia Smith, Eric Till, Ken Howard, Susan Tully, Dan Clark, Phyllis Nagy, Kathryn Wolfe, Mike Gibbon, Ken Warwick, John Madden, John Duthie, Danny Cannon, Brian Gibson, Mark Strickson, Andrew Gunn, Tim Kirkby, Roger Tompkins, Mike Slee, Tristram Powell, Stuart Urban, David Greene, Daniel Peacock, John Maybury, Chris Croucher, Jeremy Summers, Peter Cotes, Michael Gill, Nick Willing, Alexander Doré, Ian Sharp, Jon Amiel, Cyril Frankel, Ben Wheatley, Jim Loach, Liz Tucker, Julian Jarrold, David Shaughnessy, John Hay, Richard Loncraine, Don Chaffey, David Wheatley, Mick Jackson, Gerry O'Hara, Philip Leacock, Russ Malkin, Sam Miller, Douglas Argent, Victoria Pile, Ronald Eyre, Chris Clough, Edward Bennett, Hettie MacDonald, Ariyon Bakare, Tim Fywell, Joy Batchelor, Molly Dineen, Claude Whatham, Les Blair, John Gorrie, Kevin Connor, John Henderson, Mandie Fletcher, Laurence Moody, Barry Cockcroft, Ol Parker, Garry John Hughes, Rocky Morton, Richard Boden, Moira Armstrong. Excerpt: Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was a British director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense !! and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject. Over a career spanning more than half a century, Hitchcock fashioned for himself a distinctive and recognizable directorial style. He pioneered the use of a camera made to move in a way that mimics a person's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative film editing. His stories frequently feature fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime, although many of the mysteries function as decoys or "MacGuffins" meant only to serve thematic elements in the film and the extremely complex psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also borrow many themes from psychoanalysis and feature strong sexual undertones. Through his cameo appearances in his own films, interviews, film trailers, and the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he became a cultural icon. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in Britain's Daily Telegraph, which said: "Unquestionably the greatest filmmaker to emerge...